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EBM Guidelines is a unique, concise and easy-to-use collection of clinical guidelines for
primary care combined with the best available evidence. EBM Guidelines includes 1,000
concise, evidence-based summaries of symptoms and diseases, over 3,000 high quality
evidence summaries and a library of 1,000 photographs and images. Continuously updated,
EBM Guidelines follows the latest developments in clinical medicine and brings evidence
into practice.

Varenicline for smoking cessationEBMG evidence summaries, 27-Jun-2016Varenicline together with brief counselling is effective for smoking cessation compared with placebo. It may be as effective as combination nicotine replacement therapy and more effective than bupropion.

Vasectomy occlusion techniques for male sterilizationEBMG evidence summaries, 15-May-2012Currently applied vasectomy techniques appear to be effective for reaching azoospermia, but available evidence does not give preference to any technique. Including fascial interposition into vasectomy appears to improve its effectiveness.

Vasoactive drugs for acute ischaemic strokeEBMG evidence summaries, 7-Sep-2010Beta receptor antagonists, calcium channel blockers, nitric oxide, and prostacyclin lower BP in acute stroke. However, these data do not allow the effect of changing BP on outcome to be assessed.

Venlafaxine for depressionEBMG evidence summaries, 9-Apr-2006Venlafaxine is at least as effective as tricyclic antidepressants and appears to be more effective than selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for mild to moderate depression.

Venlafaxine in the treatment of neuropathic painEBMG evidence summaries, 8-Feb-2005Venlafaxine is effective in the treatment of different kinds of neuropathic pain, with a significantly better side-effects profile than tricyclic antidepressants.